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    The Cebu City Council expressed dismay over the Metropolitan Cebu Water District's (MCWD) inability to meet water demands. MCWD can only supply 233,000 cubic meters per day despite demands exceeding 500,000 cubic meters. The council urged the mayor to exercise authority over the MCWD board of directors. However, some councilors disagreed with solely blaming MCWD, noting population growth and drought have also reduced supply. MCWD acknowledged supply issues and said it is working on long-term solutions like new dams and desalination, which may take 6 years, while increasing short-term supply through partnerships.

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    The Cebu City Council expressed dismay over the Metropolitan Cebu Water District's (MCWD) inability to meet water demands. MCWD can only supply 233,000 cubic meters per day despite demands exceeding 500,000 cubic meters. The council urged the mayor to exercise authority over the MCWD board of directors. However, some councilors disagreed with solely blaming MCWD, noting population growth and drought have also reduced supply. MCWD acknowledged supply issues and said it is working on long-term solutions like new dams and desalination, which may take 6 years, while increasing short-term supply through partnerships.

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    Cebu City Council ‘dismayed’ over MCWD over state of water


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    By: Delta Dyrecka LetigioSeptember 25,2019 - 07:34 AM
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    The Cebu City Council is dismayed over the services of the Metropolitan
    Cebu Water District (MCWD). | CDN Digital File Photo

    CEBU CITY, Philippines —The Cebu City Council has expressed its dismay
    over the Metropolitan Cebu Water District (MCWD) over the lack of water
    supply in Cebu City, and urged Mayor Edgardo Labella to practice his
    authority over the MCWD Board of Directors.
    In a privilege speech, majority floor leader, Councilor Raymond Garcia, said
    that the city is dissatisfied with the services of MCWD, following various
    reports of long-running lack of supply in many barangays.

    “I believe it would be safe to speak for everyone in this room that the City of
    Cebu is truly dissatisfied with the level of service the MCWD is providing all of
    us,” said Garcia during the regular session on Tuesday, September 24, 2019.

    Garcia criticized the MCWD for not being able to foresee and solve the
    growing demands of Metro Cebu, producing only 233,000 cubic meters a day,
    which is less than half of the demand for more than 500,000 cubic meters a
    day.

    He also criticized the proposed solution of MCWD to accept at least 100,000


    cubic meters of water from a privately managed desalination plant, because
    this will hike up the price of water to almost P90 per cubic meter.

    The said proposal of MCWD concerned Labella so much, he wrote to the


    General Manager to defer and scrutinize the proposal before approval.

    Garcia wanted the mayor to dismiss the Board of Directors of MCWD, as the
    mayor of Cebu City is given power over the board pursuant to Presidential
    Decree 198 Section 9, that the mayor has the authority to appoint and dismiss
    the Board of Directors.

    However, opposition Councilors Alvin Dizon and Eugenio Gabuya, Jr.


    opposed to the direct dismissal of the Board of Directors as the city cannot put
    the entire blame to MCWD on the lack of water.

    Dizon said the population boom and the environmental factors brought by
    climate change, particularly saltwater intrusion of groundwater wells, also
    contributed to the lack of water supply.
    With this, the City Council decided that as one August body, they would urged
    the mayor to exercise his authority or prerogative on the status of the
    members of the Board of the MCWD.

    In response, MCWD Board said in a statement to CDN Digital that they


    understand the concern of the Cebu City Council over the lack of water
    supply, and they appreciate the council for bringing the public’s attention to
    the issue.

    “Our politicians are the best communicators in our society because when they
    speak, everybody listens. They are MCWD’s worthy partners in solving this
    water supply shortage,” the MCWD Board of Directors said.

    MCWD said that they are working on finding adequate water sources while
    minimizing the loss of current ones through environmental factors brought by
    the recent El Niño phenomenon.

    “We lost over 20,000 cubic meters per day in the last 45 days due to saltwater
    intrusion, the lowering of groundwater levels and the lingering effects of the El
    Niño phenomenon. The times have changed so much. Even the Cebu City
    Government has not yet lifted the state of calamity declaration due to the dry
    spell and it is already almost October. We are appealing for help and we
    welcome all solutions and recommendations from all sectors,” said MCWD.

    MCWD are currently looking into the Mananga Dam and desalination plants
    as a long term solution to the water supply problem, but the board said these
    may take at least six years to realize.

    For short-term solutions, MCWD focused on increasing supply from private


    partners in Carmen, Lapu-Lapu City and Mambaling and survey of available
    government-owned lots for well drilling.
    “It also asked for the City Government to support its short and long-term
    solutions to the supply shortage and a public information campaign on water
    conservation,” said MCWD. /bmjo

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